# Rex Heuermann's Attorney Said the Guilty Plea Brought Him 'a Huge Sense of Relief'

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Published: 2026-06-18T13:00:00+00:00
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A huge sense of relief. That is how Rex Heuermann's defense attorney described what his client felt after pleading guilty to killing eight women over seventeen years. Not remorse. Not grief. Relief.Heuermann stood in a Suffolk County courtroom and answered every question from the DA in one or two words. Strangulation. Yes. Eight. He never elaborated. He never looked at the gallery. He planned every murder around his family's vacation schedule and maintained an architecture career, a marriage, and a household the entire time. People who knew him said he was respectful and trustworthy. Every woman he killed was someone the system had already failed to notice.Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott returns to Hidden Killers to talk with Tony Brueski about what compartmentalization looks like at the most extreme clinical scale — how one brain holds two lives without cracking — and what it means that the feeling Heuermann identified after confessing was not guilt but relief. Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePod This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice. #RexHeuermann #GilgoBeach #HiddenKillers #GilgoBeachKiller #ShavaunScott #TrueCrime #SerialKillerPsychology #Compartmental…

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